If you’d love to help your secondary school children with their maths homework but you’re not too confident about your own ability, help may be at hand.

Homework is often a challenge for kids who come in tired after a day at school, but equally, it’s difficult for parents, especially in homes where both are working, writes Andrea Mara.

Fun times!

The pic shows nine-year-old Daniel Cabrera studying by the light of a McDonalds.

Homework could be abolished by one of Britain’s most prestigious independent schools to tackle an “epidemic” of teenage depression and anxiety.

The right questions from parents is key, writes Helen O’Callaghan.